本书包含八个单元主题，选材涵盖了自然科学和人文社科的重要话题，充分考虑学生的专业学习需求。每单元包含两篇学术文章，并根据文章介绍并分析学术英语阅读技能，配以不同形式的阅读练习和翻译练习，以检测学生的阅读成效。
Unit 1 Higher Education
Reading 1： Long-Term Thinking about Technology and Education
Academic Reading Skill： Scanning， search reading and careful reading
Reading 2： Let's Engineer a Better Education
Academic Reading Skill： Identifying word class
Unit 2 Social Networks
Reading 1： Are Social Networking Sites Controlling Your Mind?
Academic Reading Skill： Skimming to get guidance to understand jargon
Reading 2： Social Networking： Is Generation Smartphone Really More Prone to Unhappiness?
Academic Reading Skill： Building up familiarity with challenging texts
Unit 3 Medical Care
Reading 1： When Patients Read What Their Doctors Write
Academic Reading Skill： Identifying fact， theory or opinion
Reading 2： Surgery Near End of Life Is Common and Costly
Academic Reading Skill： SQ3R reading method
Unit 4 Gender Equality
Reading 1： The Creativity Bias against Women
Academic Reading Skill： Paragraph deconstruction
Reading 2： "Elderly Woman" Is Not a Synonym for "Clueless Person"
Academic Reading Skill： Identifying various relationships in the reasoning
Unit 5 Artificial Intelligence
Reading 1： Bots in Our Homes
Academic Reading Skill： Summarizing
Reading 2： Why Henry Kissinger —— or Anyone Else —— Shouldn't Fear AI
Academic Reading Skill： Making connections
Unit 6 Communication
Reading 1： Why Is It So Hard to Talk about Money?
Academic Reading Skill： Identifying the functions of different titles
Reading 2： Stephen Hawking as Accidental Ambassador for Assistive Technologies
Academic Reading Skill： Making inferences
Unit 7 Forces of Nature
Reading 1： Visiting a National Park This Summer? Hold Your Breath
Academic Reading Skill： Effective steps for note-taking
Reading 2： Climate Change Is Killing These Ancient Trees
Academic Reading Skill： Critical reading
Unit 8 Behavioral Science
Reading 1： Why Too Much Experience Can Backfire
Academic Reading Skill： Critical thinking as an extension of critical reading
Reading 2： Who Speaks Up in the Face of Uncivil Behavior?
Academic Reading Skill： Critical thinking process
Appendix I Key to Exercises
Appendix II Glossary
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